Fully Accounting for English Learner Performance: A Key Issue in ESEA Reauthorization

Educational Researcher

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 101-108

  Hopkins, Megan ^a   Thompson, Karen D ^b   Linquanti, Robert ^c   Hakuta, Kenji ^d   August, Diane ^e  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WestEd   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e AMERICAN INSTITUTES FOR RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

accountability; educational policy; language comprehension development; policy analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875330793     PISSN: 0013189X     EISSN: 1935102X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0013189X12471426     Document Type: Article

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